Smoking pipe



July 6, 1926. 1, J. F. BusHl-:E

SMQKING PIPE Filed April 6, 1925 ATTORNEY WITNES Patented July 1326.

UNITED STATES JOSEPH F. BUSHEE, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

SMOKING PIPE.

Application led April 6, 1925.

This invention relates to smoking pipes and is an improvement over the pipe shown in my co-pending application filed February 18th, 1925, Serial No. 10,127.

The principal object of the invention resides in a smoking pipe wherein the nicotine and moisture is absorbed and the smoke cooled prior to its passage from the bowl to the stem, in order that a dry and cool smoke may be had by a person during the smoking of a charge of tobacco contained in the bowl, thus assuring a more enjoyable smoke as the same will not bite the tongue.

Another object of the invention is to provide a smoking pipe which includes a means for filtering the smoke and for cooling the same, and whereby the same may be easily taken apart for cleaning purposes.

A further object of the invention is to provide a smoking pipe which issimple in construction, cheap of manufacture and novel of design.

`With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in certain novel construction and combination and arrangement of parts, the essential features of which are hereinafter fully described, are particularly pointed out in the appended claims, and are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved smoking pipe.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view therethrough.

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view Iof a modified form of my invention.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the reference numeral 10 designates my improved smoking pipe in its entirety, and which includes a bowl 11 having a stem 12 extending from one side thereof and a. projecting boss 13, extending from the opposite side, and which boss is externally screwthreaded as at 14, and is provided with a concaved recess 15. The bore 16 of t-he stem opens into the recess and receives one end of a tube 17 formed of aluminum or the like. A passage 18 also communicates with the recess 15 above the bore 16, and leads tothe bottom of the interior of the bowl 11. A tube similar to the tube 17 may be inserted in the passage 18 or the same may be omitted.

Serial No. 21,109.

A disk or plate 19 closes the recess 15 and is pivoted to the boss as at 2O in order to permit the plate to be swung to a position to uncover the recess for a purpose to be explained. The plate 19 is formed with a pair of openings 21 and 22, and the tube 17 extends through the opening 22, while the 'opening 21 establishes communication between the recess and a cooling chamber 23 formed in Va cap 24 which has connection with the threads 14 on the boss. The free end of the tube 17 terminates within a chamber and it will be seen that in operation, a suction set up at the mouth piece of the stem will cause smoke from the bowl to pass through the passage 18 into the recess 15, then through the opening 21 into the chamber 23, through the tube 17 and thence through the bore 16 of the stem.

The recess 15 and the plate 19 house a sponge or other absorbent member 25 which filters the smoke in its passage from the bowl to the chamber. Any moisture and nicotine which the smoke may contain will be absorbed by the sponge before it reaches the chamber where the dry smoke is cooled by the atmospheric air acting against the walls of the cap 24. It will be seen that by the time it reaches the bore in the stem, the same has been removed of all impurities and has been reduced to a comparatively cool state. By this arrangement the bore in the stem is always kept clean and the user assured of a dry and cool smoke.

ALsFthggw spongewgbeconies filled with mois iu',the cap 24 maybe/readily removed and the tube 17 withdrawn, the plate 19 turned about its pivot to uncover the recess, at which time the sponge may be removed and the moisture squeezed therefrom, or a fresh absorbent substituted therefor.

I wish it to be understood that the cap 24 may be of any shape, and of any suitable material such as metal or wood, without in any way departing from the spirit 'of my invention, and that I may make such changes in construction as come within the scope of the appended claims.

In Figure 4 of the drawing, I have shown a slightly modified form of my invention wherein the parts are reversed but the result is approximately the same as that of the preferred form. In this form a tube 18 leads from the bowl to the chamber 23', while the bore 16 of the stem enters the recess 15. The plate 19 is removably seated to close the recess and has an opening Q6 therein ot a size larger than the tube 18 and through which the tube extends. The absorbent member 25 instead of being positioned in the recess, is housed in the chamber Q3. and in which chamber the moisture is collected. In use.v the smoke passes from the bowl through the tube 18 into the chamber 23. then through the open space about the tube 1S into the recess. and then through the bore in the stem. By this arrangement the absorbent member may be quicklT removed for cleaning purposes by removing the cap 24.

that is claimed as new is 1. A smoking pipe comprising a bowl, a stem extending therefrom having a bore therethrough which opens at the front of said bowl. a pocket formed on one side ot said bowl. a passage leading Jfrom the interior of the bowl to said pocket.y an absorbent member, means for removblji securing saidabsorbent member within said pocket. a removable cap enclosing said means and co-acting therewith to torm an enlarged chamber tor communication with said bore.

2. A smoking pipe comprising a bowl. a boss formed thereon having a recess therein adapted to house an absorbent member. a passage leading from the interior of said bowl to said recess. a closure lmember for said recess and having an opening therein` a cap removably associated with said boss and co-acting with said closure member to provide a chamber. and a stem extending from said bowl and having a bore therein opening at the tree end thereof and communicating with said chamber.

3. A smoking pipe comprising a bowl, a recess formed thereon, a passage connecting said recess with the interior ot said bowl, a swinging closure member tor housing an absorbent member within said recess, said closure member having an opening therein. a cap removably attached to said bowl and coacting with said closure member to define an enlarged chamber, a stem extending from said bowl, and a duct tor establishing communication between said chamber and the free end Qt said stem.

4. A smoking pipe comprising` a bowl. a stem extending therefrom and having a bore therethrough which opens at the 't'ront ol' said bowl` a pocket formed at the end ol said bowl, a passage leading from the interior ot said bowl to said pocket. a closure plate tor said pocket having an opening therein. and a cap enclosing said closure plate and co-acting therewith to provide an enlarged chamber for communication with said bore.

5. A smoking pipe comprising a bowl, a pair ot communicating chambers. a stem extending from said howl and having a bore therethrough which communicates with one ot said chambers, a passage connecting the interior ot said bowl with the other ot said chambers. wherebv the smoke in its passage from said bowl during the smoking of a charge ot tobacco therein will pass in a direction away from the mouth piece ot said stem and thence through said chambers and said bore to the mouth piece.

In testimony whereof I have atiixcd my signature.

JOSEPH F. BUSHEE. 

